America the Beautiful: An American Political RP (IC)

[Yaruqo]

"Hmmm, so clearly you have some opinions on what Boyd's greatest weakness would be if he's the nominee. What about yourself, what do you think would be your greatest weakness if you end up as the nominee?"

“Maybe some on the left will think that I don’t meet their expectations and standards, they could opt to stay home, suggest the same to their friends. And of course there’s the whole ‘Black woman running for statewide office in a predominantly white, Midwestern state’ aspect that could piss off the wrong kind of voter. And of course, while I have experience holding statewide office and running for statewide office, the office I hold isn’t as visible as others, and it certainly has its own skeletons and imperfections that could hurt my chances, especially if a headline grabbing case or issue arose within the month. When my office screws up, or when I screw up, those impacts are more directly tied to me. If a Member of Congress doesn’t vote the ‘right’ way, they have more room to distance themselves from the consequences or anger, they can bring in pork for their district to help voters ‘overlook’ their less desirable votes, more leg room. So, while I have potential and experience running for statewide office, I am also liable to collateral damage, I’m certainly not invulnerable or omniscient.”

[Dentali]

Senate GOP Debate Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin–Madison

Geoff Robinson: “Good evening and thank you for tuning in my name is Geoff Robinson of Madison’s NBC Affiliate and your host for tonight’s debate.”

“Each candidate will now have a 90 second opening statement.”

[The Sarangtus Lands]

"Ah, I'm sorry," Boyd said laughing, "I just got a bit carried away there. But yes, that's why I got into politics, I suppose, although a bit of it was just looking for a purpose in life. After I came home from Vietnam, I went to La Crosse, and I found a job there as a janitor, but obviously it wasn't paying enough for all the bills coming in, so I had to wait tables at the bar. Honestly, all those entitled people, but also all the drunks. It's a sad sight, seeing all those men drink themselves to death with no purpose. And it's much worse since back then..."

"Don't worry about it, Matilda started off with a bit of a chuckle, "It happens to the best of us... but it's always nice to know your heart is in the right place. I as the actually the one who pushed Ben into running for the Senate believe or not, he thought it was kind of tacky but I thought he could do great things in Congress. Do you have a partner back home in La Crosse?"

"Yes, I do. My wife's doing well, last time I heard, and so are most of the kids. I've actually got another grandchild on the way, they're set to be born in May. Life's very busy though, and so sometimes you feel like you need to take a break, but obviously in our field you really can't, especially not in my position. Oh well, we've been used to it for so long, I suppose it's the fact that we feel like we're both doing good for the world that connects us together."

[Jovuistan]

Senate GOP Debate Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin–Madison

Geoff Robinson: “Good evening and thank you for tuning in my name is Geoff Robinson of Madison’s NBC Affiliate and your host for tonight’s debate.”

“Each candidate will now have a 90 second opening statement.”

12th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
Wisconsin Republican Debate Watch Party

Arnold Wolf Jr. stretched as he stared out his window. He took his last sip of tea as he stood up, walking over to the living room and grabbing the remote. He turned on the TV and put on the Wisconsin GOP debate. He sat on the couch and waited for the guests to show up to the party.

[Sarenium]

Senate GOP Debate Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin–Madison

Geoff Robinson: “Good evening and thank you for tuning in my name is Geoff Robinson of Madison’s NBC Affiliate and your host for tonight’s debate.”

“Each candidate will now have a 90 second opening statement.”

12th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
Wisconsin Republican Debate Watch Party

Arnold Wolf Jr. stretched as he stared out his window. He took his last sip of tea as he stood up, walking over to the living room and grabbing the remote. He turned on the TV and put on the Wisconsin GOP debate. He sat on the couch and waited for the guests to show up to the party.

Deborah Feyrer entered the party, greeting it's host with a kind greeting, "Senator Wolf," she extended a hand.

[Jovuistan]

12th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
Wisconsin Republican Debate Watch Party

Arnold Wolf Jr. stretched as he stared out his window. He took his last sip of tea as he stood up, walking over to the living room and grabbing the remote. He turned on the TV and put on the Wisconsin GOP debate. He sat on the couch and waited for the guests to show up to the party.

Deborah Feyrer entered the party, greeting it's host with a kind greeting, "Senator Wolf," she extended a hand.

Junior smiled, "Oh, just call me Junior. Nice to see you tonight, Deb." He shook her hand.

[Alozia]

Elizabeth Turner
@LizTurner

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Our values are under attack. While the Republicans have been able to take both the House and the White House, Democrats are trying to use the death of Senator [not-Ron Johnson] to block much needed change and attack our liberties with Critical Race Theory and socialist war-fare. Tune in to the Republican debate now to hear real solutions to the problems of true Americans.

[Kargintinia]

Earl Tenson
@BigEarsWhip
tenson.house.gov | Baker, MT

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I'm excited to see what the candidates have in store for the Wisconsin Republican Senatorial Debate. Lets keep it clean and focused on the issues!

[Helliniki Katastasis]

Albany, New York
Governor Mick Doherty

Doherty, a bit tired after a long conversation with Simone and approving campaign ads, sat down in his office and had a television wheeled in. Tuning it to CNN, he had a jug of beer and a donut, as the debate began.

[Lavan Tiri]

Senate GOP Debate Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin–Madison

Geoff Robinson: “Good evening and thank you for tuning in my name is Geoff Robinson of Madison’s NBC Affiliate and your host for tonight’s debate.”

“Each candidate will now have a 90 second opening statement.”

12th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
Wisconsin Republican Debate Watch Party

Arnold Wolf Jr. stretched as he stared out his window. He took his last sip of tea as he stood up, walking over to the living room and grabbing the remote. He turned on the TV and put on the Wisconsin GOP debate. He sat on the couch and waited for the guests to show up to the party.

Senator Max O'Halloran

Max shuffled inside Wolf's home, casting an appraising eye over the decor, clutching a bottle of Scotch. "Arnold, my boy!"

[Jovuistan]

12th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
Wisconsin Republican Debate Watch Party

Arnold Wolf Jr. stretched as he stared out his window. He took his last sip of tea as he stood up, walking over to the living room and grabbing the remote. He turned on the TV and put on the Wisconsin GOP debate. He sat on the couch and waited for the guests to show up to the party.

Senator Max O'Halloran

Max shuffled inside Wolf's home, casting an appraising eye over the decor, clutching a bottle of Scotch. "Arnold, my boy!"

AWJ grinned seeing the minority leader, "Max! So good to see you! I prefer Junior, though, if you don't mind. Already prepared for the party I see?" He motioned to the bottle.

[Deblar]

I picked the wrong weekend to come back home.

This was one of the many thoughts of Hugo Fitzgerald, who found himself wearing three layers of clothing under two blankets huddled on his living room couch with his wife, Cora and 17-year old youngest daughter, Victoria. He had looked forward to his weekend off, and saw the chance of snow in Houston, a rare occurrence, as an opportunity for a fair bit of bonding.

Those plans were thrown away quickly.

As temperatures dipped below freezing the evening of the storm, Hugo went to sleep. By the time he woke up, the power was out and it was freezing cold, not just outside but in the house. He had tried to get his house generator, which he had bought with hurricanes in mind rather than snowstorms, up and running, but it was out of fuel, and the roads were in no way passable. After a few frantic hours of checking on his parents (who were okay), returning a call from his oldest 22 year old son, Malcolm, who was attending college at the University of Tennessee, and otherwise doing whatever he could to stay warm, here he was now, mentally preparing himself to be in this for the long haul; while Texas weather likes to do whatever the hell it wants, as he knew all too well, he knew it wouldn’t return to balmy sunshine overnight. As he stared into space, he noticed his phone on the kitchen counter, where it had been since ending his call with Malcolm. He thought it over, then got up, leaving the warm embrace of his blankets to walk over. He picked up the phone, looked back to the rest of his family, which had fallen asleep under the warmth of their own blankets. He smiled, walking over to his daughter and kissing her on the forehead. He then sat back on the couch, unlocking his phone, which still had a good amount of charge left. He went into Twitter, and what he first found came at an interest to him. Apparently, in response to a question about the weather, President Richardson had made some controversial statements regarding homelessness, and Hugo found the fallout, in a strange way, amusing.

"Ah, Dick, you done did it now," Hugo said quietly. He especially found his "hundreds of billions of dollars" comment rather funny. "Where was that kid of money for the ARA?," he quietly commented. While he liked it enough to vote 'aye', he silently felt that it wasn't doing enough to get relief to those who needed it. He continued scrolling through his Twitter feed, and after a while decided to put a tweet up himself; you know, just to let his constituents know he's still alive.

Hugo Fitzgerald
@HugoFitzgeraldTX
fitzgerald.house.gov| Houston, TX

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I'm still alive, just so you know! Was unfortunately caught in the snowstorm though. I've lived in Houston almost my entire life, and never once have I seen it get this cold. Harsh reminder that climate change is indeed a very real thing that threatens the way of life of millions, including myself. My hearts and prayers go out to those who've lost friends and family and other loved ones, but just like we did after Harvey, i'm very confident that Houston and Texas can rebound and come back from this stronger than ever before. #TexasStrong

After that, he locked his phone, putting it in his pocket. before going back under his blankets. This is gonna be a long few days.

[Kargintinia]

Prendergast’s Office

The Governor of West Virginia was receiving a phone call from a certain congressman who knew him well…

[Gordano and Lysandus]

Prendergast’s Office

The Governor of West Virginia was receiving a phone call from a certain congressman who knew him well…

Earl Tenson's number was one of a few that would get through to Jonah pretty sharpish, and he picks it up at his home in South Charleston, seated in his study with his glasses perched on the end of his nose.

"Earl? What's got you calling me today? Don't tell me there're troubles in the Conference you need me to move money about for?"

[Kargintinia]

Prendergast’s Office

The Governor of West Virginia was receiving a phone call from a certain congressman who knew him well…

Earl Tenson's number was one of a few that would get through to Jonah pretty sharpish, and he picks it up at his home in South Charleston, seated in his study with his glasses perched on the end of his nose.

"Earl? What's got you calling me today? Don't tell me there're troubles in the Conference you need me to move money about for?"

“Jonah, it’s good to hear from you. Thankfully there is no more trouble in the Conference, that’s all been taken care of… First of all I wanted to say congratulation’s on your wife’s victory. I know you and here have been through a lot. How have you been feeling?”

[Gordano and Lysandus]

“Jonah, it’s good to hear from you. Thankfully there is no more trouble in the Conference, that’s all been taken care of… First of all I wanted to say congratulation’s on your wife’s victory. I know you and here have been through a lot. How have you been feeling?”

"It was real tough when we lost Adam, but... We rose above it. And whilst it meant that I didn't get to be President, we still have a foot in the door for the kind of Republicanism that we need to take on the 21st century. I've been doing alright, handling some politics right now, want to get onto some actual policy a little later in the year. How're things with you?"

[Kargintinia]

“Jonah, it’s good to hear from you. Thankfully there is no more trouble in the Conference, that’s all been taken care of… First of all I wanted to say congratulation’s on your wife’s victory. I know you and here have been through a lot. How have you been feeling?”

"It was real tough when we lost Adam, but... We rose above it. And whilst it meant that I didn't get to be President, we still have a foot in the door for the kind of Republicanism that we need to take on the 21st century. I've been doing alright, handling some politics right now, want to get onto some actual policy a little later in the year. How're things with you?"

“Things have been… questionable for certain. Losing Senator Ronson, having to deal with these crazies in the caucus, it’s all been a lot to take in. Speaking of Ronson, have you been following the primary race at all?”

[Gordano and Lysandus]

“Things have been… questionable for certain. Losing Senator Ronson, having to deal with these crazies in the caucus, it’s all been a lot to take in. Speaking of Ronson, have you been following the primary race at all?”

"Ronson was a bit of a nut, not sure how reliable he'd be anyway, to be honest. Fresh blood is an opportunity. I have been - there're things I like about each of the candidates, and things I dislike. Not sure the party's handling the messaging well."

[Kargintinia]

“Things have been… questionable for certain. Losing Senator Ronson, having to deal with these crazies in the caucus, it’s all been a lot to take in. Speaking of Ronson, have you been following the primary race at all?”

"Ronson was a bit of a nut, not sure how reliable he'd be anyway, to be honest. Fresh blood is an opportunity. I have been - there're things I like about each of the candidates, and things I dislike. Not sure the party's handling the messaging well."

“The race is a mess quite frankly. This Duncan clown is surging because he’s able to appeal to the base while Gundersen and Kurrian go at one another. Between me and you, I’ve met with Mayor Gundersen. I think he’s definitely our winning ticket here. Question is how can we get him past Duncan in the primary?”

[Gordano and Lysandus]

“The race is a mess quite frankly. This Duncan clown is surging because he’s able to appeal to the base while Gundersen and Kurrian go at one another. Between me and you, I’ve met with Mayor Gundersen. I think he’s definitely our winning ticket here. Question is how can we get him past Duncan in the primary?”

"I'm not writing off Duncan yet. I've not spoken to either him or Mayor Gundersen yet, and I'm not making any decisions until I've done that. I think Gundersen has good suburban support, sure, but he's bad at handling labor. Real bad. And that's going to give the Democrats an in. His tenure as Mayor of Waukesha isn't exactly glowing either. The Duncan kid, he can fire up the working class, the new Republican base, but then on the flip side, I don't know about his chances in the suburbs. Kurian I have written off, her campaign's totally off the rails from the get-go."

[Kargintinia]

“The race is a mess quite frankly. This Duncan clown is surging because he’s able to appeal to the base while Gundersen and Kurrian go at one another. Between me and you, I’ve met with Mayor Gundersen. I think he’s definitely our winning ticket here. Question is how can we get him past Duncan in the primary?”

"I'm not writing off Duncan yet. I've not spoken to either him or Mayor Gundersen yet, and I'm not making any decisions until I've done that. I think Gundersen has good suburban support, sure, but he's bad at handling labor. Real bad. And that's going to give the Democrats an in. His tenure as Mayor of Waukesha isn't exactly glowing either. The Duncan kid, he can fire up the working class, the new Republican base, but then on the flip side, I don't know about his chances in the suburbs. Kurian I have written off, her campaign's totally off the rails from the get-go."

“I understand. Speaking of Kurrian, I’ve been considering calling her to my office and requested that she drop from the race, seeing as she’s lagging in distant third and making ridiculous ads that have the potential to make the caucus look bad. Although it may negatively impact the General of news gets out I was “tampering” with the primary election.”

[Gordano and Lysandus]

“I understand. Speaking of Kurrian, I’ve been considering calling her to my office and requested that she drop from the race, seeing as she’s lagging in distant third and making ridiculous ads that have the potential to make the caucus look bad. Although it may negatively impact the General of news gets out I was “tampering” with the primary election.”

"I think you're worrying too much about it on that angle. Our voters don't care so much about it, and it's if you explicitly moved against Duncan that'd be a bigger story. He's got Wolf stuff on him, you can't touch him. Kurian though? I mean, let's be real, Earl, who'll give a shit? The bigger problem is that she seems liable to reject your command and go rogue. Better to avoid that."

[Kargintinia]

“I understand. Speaking of Kurrian, I’ve been considering calling her to my office and requested that she drop from the race, seeing as she’s lagging in distant third and making ridiculous ads that have the potential to make the caucus look bad. Although it may negatively impact the General of news gets out I was “tampering” with the primary election.”

"I think you're worrying too much about it on that angle. Our voters don't care so much about it, and it's if you explicitly moved against Duncan that'd be a bigger story. He's got Wolf stuff on him, you can't touch him. Kurian though? I mean, let's be real, Earl, who'll give a shit? The bigger problem is that she seems liable to reject your command and go rogue. Better to avoid that."

“True. I’ve had enough problems with rogue Representatives recently… Not to mention it’s been tough communicating with the White House. I’ve had one meeting so far with our new President and it didn’t go exactly swimmingly.”

[Gordano and Lysandus]

“True. I’ve had enough problems with rogue Representatives recently… Not to mention it’s been tough communicating with the White House. I’ve had one meeting so far with our new President and it didn’t go exactly swimmingly.”

"He's not listening to you? Earl, you know the caucus better than Tom does. How can he not listen to your advice?" He shook his head a little, sighing, "Look, Martha and I are having dinner at the White House soon, was there something particularly on your mind?"

[Kargintinia]

“True. I’ve had enough problems with rogue Representatives recently… Not to mention it’s been tough communicating with the White House. I’ve had one meeting so far with our new President and it didn’t go exactly swimmingly.”

"He's not listening to you? Earl, you know the caucus better than Tom does. How can he not listen to your advice?" He shook his head a little, sighing, "Look, Martha and I are having dinner at the White House soon, was there something particularly on your mind?"

“It’s Afghanistan. He wants out ASAP. No slight extension to make sure we get out safe, no guarantee to Kabul. Just packing up and leaving in just three months from now. Nothing I said would get through to him. Just signing off the Islamic Republic to the Taliba and Xi Jinping.”